And politically its the classic excuse: "so many jobs we can't fill, therefore we need more immigration".
Immigration is to keep the wages down. There is no shortage of workers. Its a lie.
Immigration is to keep the wages down. There is no shortage of workers. Its a lie.
Does that kind of migration of workers suppress wages? Why or why not? Does remote work suppress wages since one can live in a remote location with low costs compared to the Bay Area?
When Sam from Kansas moves to LA he gets paid the local rate and switching jobs is hassle-free.
That isn't true of sponsored visa employees - I think that's the parent commenter's point.
Is it a given that all visa holders are paid less than their local equivalent? Would the requirement to pay any visa holder the same as a local candidate be a better solution than blocking people from immigrating? That way you know only the most qualified person is working that position, not the one willing to race to the bottom by working for a lower wage.
But once you take care of all the power asymmetries it would put US and foreign on an equal footing.
However I've also interesting trends where whole departments get formed all of one nationality and the siloing is huge.
TSMC saying there aren't trained locals to work in their factory is laughable. They don't want to deal with American labor standards.